Posted on 04/05/2023 6:52:39 AM PDT by george76
Sometime late Tuesday evening, it became clear that Democrats had once again prevailed in a key toss-up race. This time, it happened in Wisconsin, with Republicans coming up short in a state supreme court election that could have a profound impact on the outcome of 2024.
This wasn’t some low-profile, inconsequential contest. This was one of the most expensive supreme court races in history. Tens of millions of dollars were spent in an attempt to cement power in the all-important swing state. Unfortunately, most of it came from Democrats.
What were Republicans doing while the polls were open? We were all obsessing over Donald Trump.
I know that comment is ripe to make a lot of people mad but understand that I’m talking about myself in this article as much as anyone reading it. I’m not here to point fingers while pretending I’ve been perfect. What I’m here to do is offer some perspective in hopes that we can all learn a valuable lesson before the country sinks further into an irreparable state.
Consider this: Nothing Democrats do is by accident.
We all love to dunk on the left and rightfully so, but those pulling the strings are not dumb. They are ruthlessly capable, and they’ve learned to play the game. While Republicans are laser-focused on nationalized grievances, Democrats outspend and out-hustle them on the ground. And surprise, guess who provided the latest nationalized grievance. Do you think Trump was arraigned on the day of an election that could help decide the 2024 presidential race by sheer chance?
As a voter, you must ask yourself what the end goal is. Is it to grasp the fleeting high of lashing out online? Or is it to win elections and make your political opposition pay?
That’s not to say you can’t express your opinion when something unjust happens or that the way to beat Democrats is to ignore their missteps. What I’m saying is that there must be some level of strategery and focus past the online dunks and complaints.
The most relevant and current example of that is the widespread notion that Trump must be made the 2024 nominee now to prove a point. But what point are you proving? That you can nominate a guy who continues to send independents running for the hills and who has objectively become less popular with the general electorate since 2020? Democrats are literally begging you to do that.
Again, don’t misunderstand me and storm off in a huff. The point of this article is not to say you absolutely shouldn’t vote for Trump. It’s to say that if you do vote for him, it should be for the right reasons. It should be because he’s proven that something has changed. It should be because you truly believe he has the best chance to beat the Democrat nominee, and that belief needs to be based on something more than personal affection.
The rebuttal to what I’m saying will be that Trump’s indictment is just too important. That it must become the preeminent issue heading into 2024. Yet, the evidence is clear that the more Trump is made the center of the universe, the more Republicans lose, and what exactly are you winning if you ultimately lose? How can you exact political revenge without political power? What good is your temporary high if it means Democrats get to write the history books?
You aren’t owning the left by doing exactly what the left wants. Likewise, you are not surrendering to the left by being strategic in your pursuit of power. That’s a realization all of us need to ponder. Everyone wants to make Democrats pay for what they’ve wrought, but you can’t make them pay if you don’t win, and you can’t win if your only political move is to recede further into your bubble.
That might mean swallowing your pride about some things in order to ensure victory. In regard to the Wisconsin loss, Republicans (including the useless RNC) were clearly distracted, and that lack of focus has now put the party behind the eight ball. It doesn’t have to be that way in the next election, though. The GOP must start playing chess instead of checkers. If your first question about any field of generally acceptable candidates in any primary race isn’t who is most likely to win, you are continuing to play right into the hands of the left.
If Republicans are going to start winning again, they have to be willing to think past their own noses. Right now, they are reacting, and when you are reacting, you are losing. No one should be deciding their primary vote in April of 2023 based on Trump’s indictment. If you are doing that, Democrats are laughing at you because that’s what they want you to do. They want you to stop thinking strategically and to keep reacting because when you do that, they keep winning.
Amerika has the best courts money can buy!
People here underestimate how massively Trump is despised, and hated across the country.
Elections don’t matter anymore.
Fair and honest voting is not how anyone gets “elected” anymore.
Republicans are laughing at you
There were no 2 am ballot dumps.
There were no mysterious poorly signature-verified absentee ballots.
There were no “mules.”
The Supreme Court race was called based on in-person poll returns, even before absentee ballots were opened.
Republicans simply failed to turn out, and Democrats did.
It may not be a coincidence that yesterday’s court date was set on the very same day as the Wisconsin election and with the intent to distract conservative voters.
GOP voters do not stick by winning candidates. That’s why their candidates keep losing.
Democrats outnumber Republicans.
Y’all do know that is possible.
Trump won in 2016 because Obama voters in the important 3 states (WI, MI, PA) switched to him and his Drain The Swamp, Build The Wall message.
They aren’t Republicans. They didn’t suddenly reject Democrat philosophies of taxes and spending. They rejected The Swamp, which is as deep and filthy for Democrats as it is for Republicans.
These morons at Republican Headquarters (Swamp Central) think these people became Republicans. Such delusion.
All power to them!
Yup. We’re not voting our way out of this mess. There is no political solution.
The moronic author still believes the Republican party is on his side. How precious.
Republicans are demoralized and unwilling to muster attendance in voting.
Wisconsin was a win for Senate, but a major loss in Supreme Court. While they hold legislature, they have serious problems in the future.
Not finding ways to get votes are serious problems for Republicans, because they don’t spend money on candidates and don’t donate.
This is Wisconsin. There is nothing anyone in any other state can do about it. Yes, we were watching Trump. Would watching RATs cheat in Wisconsin have changed anything?
Elections are all crooked now. Anyone thinking we are going to win any major victories is delusional.
After the RATs lost Wisconsin to Trump in 2016 because they took the state for granted and figured it was an easy win for Mrs. Widebottom , they have managed successfully to guarantee that will never happen again.
He’s right. Republicans futilely shoot their fire extinguisher at the tip of the flame, instead of aiming at the base, or better yet, removing all the oxygen from the room.
More convoluted reasoning I’ve seldom seen. I see two issues standing in the way of truly changing the republic: First, a homogenous, monolithic media that chooses to ignore the truth instead obscuring it. We must develop strategies to challenge their narrative and defeat it. Second, we must wake up to ballet harvesting as a means of conducting elections and outdo the democrats. If we actually believe we represent a majority in this country both of these things must be pursued. Whether it’s Trump or anyone else these two things will not change without a massive effort from the republican party to mold them to our advantage. The big question is whether they’re up to the task. I have my doubts and having my perspective rooted starting with the Ford/Reagan battle, the issue isn’t Trump any more than Reagan was a doofus in the eyes of the same ilk we battle in the party today.
Supposedly there were problems with some voting there yesterday. Machines in key places not working. Same type crap as in Arizona.
As are all Straight White Men. Your point?
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